Tyler got his second haircut yesterday, and it was my first time being able to take him, which was fun. He didn't want to sit in the airplane or Thomas the Tank seat, so he instead opted for me to hold him while we watched Peter Pan. As you can see in the video he didn't want to take his sunglasses off so they let him keep them on which was really nice of them. They have genius marketing because they combined a toy store and kids haircut…
Insights from Sara Roberts, President and CEO of Roberts Golden Consulting Sara Roberts President and CEO of Roberts Golden Consulting headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Author of Light Their Fire: Using Internal Marketing to Ignite Employee Performance and Wow Your Customers (Kaplan 2005) and has been quoted in numerous publications including Business Week, Inc. Magazine, and Forbes. The Ornish Approach to Change Dean Ornish knows how to make people change. Ornish in 1993 took 333 patients with heart disease got them to quit smoking, diet, twice-weekly meeting, mediation,…
How a simple experiment with children and treats uncovered profound insights about willpower, life outcomes, and the modern challenges of delayed gratification The classic marshmallow test puts children's willpower to the ultimate challenge Few psychological experiments have captured the public imagination quite like the Stanford Marshmallow Test. In this deceptively simple study, children were presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: eat the treat right away, or wait a short period and receive two treats instead. Behind this straightforward premise lies a fascinating exploration of human willpower,…
I just finished watching the President's speech tonight and I liked it. I think the first part was a little weak, but toward the end it had some real substance. I don't know if it had much impact in student's lives overall, but I also don't think it hurt anything either. I loved the examples at the end regarding failure. Everyone is going to stumble at one point in their life, and you aren't always going to be good at everything you try. The State of American Education…
We went to Santa Cruz's Beach Boardwalk yesterday and the weather was fantastic (low 80s). There was lots of Labor Day weekend traffic getting there, so it ended up taking a few hours. We walked the boardwalk, went on the Ferris Wheel, had a great Mexican food lunch, played miniature golf, played some arcade games, walked on the beach, walked to the end of the pier, watched sea lions for a while. By that time, it was 6:30pm and time to head back. While walking on the beach,…
How Scott Adams transformed workplace frustration into one of the world's most beloved comic strips In the corporate world of the 1980s, a frustrated office worker sat in seemingly endless meetings, doodling caricatures of his managers and coworkers to stay awake. Those idle sketches would eventually evolve into one of the most successful comic strips of all time: Dilbert. Scott Adams never set out to be a cartoonist. His original dream was to climb the corporate ladder and become a successful executive. Instead, his experiences in the business…
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